Art Leaf and bark rubbing Paint with fall colors at the easel Walnut-shell printing Corncob rolling* Fall collage (see "Take a Fall Walk" in the Science section below) Games and Puzzles Fall puzzles Lace a leaf* Sort fall, winter, and spring photos Raking-leaves sequence* Math Twig seriation by length and circumference Graph leaves Tree Measuring: Standard and nonstandard measurement* Sort nuts by one and two attributes Estimate the number of corn kernels in a jar Graph nuts Dramatic Play Home Basic home props Add nuts, fruits, and vegetables for the kitchen Add sweaters and other clothing for the fall Science Examine dried seeds, pods, gourds, nuts, and leaves Use a nutcracker; crack and eat a variety of nuts* Dry an ear of corn* Grind deer feed corn kernels with a mortal-and-pestle Take a fall walk* Library Collect books and tapes on fall Use blank books in the shape of corn, leaves, apples, and winter vegetables Use magnet letters with a metal board and a fall-words bag* Make a fall-walk photo album Music Chant: Going on a Bear Hunt Song: Leaves are Falling* Song: Brown Round Tree* Block Center Add fall leaves to structures (in the block center)* Add fall trees* Interactive Charts Song Leaves are Falling* Poem "Autumn"* Creative Writing Write or illustrate a story of a fall walk Fall box* Return to Teaching Web Index
Leaf and bark rubbing Paint with fall colors at the easel Walnut-shell printing Corncob rolling* Fall collage (see "Take a Fall Walk" in the Science section below)
Fall puzzles Lace a leaf* Sort fall, winter, and spring photos Raking-leaves sequence*
Twig seriation by length and circumference Graph leaves Tree Measuring: Standard and nonstandard measurement* Sort nuts by one and two attributes Estimate the number of corn kernels in a jar Graph nuts
Home Basic home props Add nuts, fruits, and vegetables for the kitchen Add sweaters and other clothing for the fall
Examine dried seeds, pods, gourds, nuts, and leaves Use a nutcracker; crack and eat a variety of nuts* Dry an ear of corn* Grind deer feed corn kernels with a mortal-and-pestle Take a fall walk*
Collect books and tapes on fall Use blank books in the shape of corn, leaves, apples, and winter vegetables Use magnet letters with a metal board and a fall-words bag* Make a fall-walk photo album
Chant: Going on a Bear Hunt Song: Leaves are Falling* Song: Brown Round Tree*
Add fall leaves to structures (in the block center)* Add fall trees*
Song Leaves are Falling* Poem "Autumn"*
Write or illustrate a story of a fall walk Fall box*
